Web science: a provocative invitation to computer science
@article{Shneiderman2007WebSA, title={Web science: a provocative invitation to computer science}, author={Ben Shneiderman}, journal={Commun. ACM}, year={2007}, volume={50}, pages={25-27} }
Here's how it can awaken computer science to the interdisciplinary possibilities of the Web's socially embedded computing technology.
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